Employees collect merchandise ordered by customers for shipment from the Amazon.com distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz.

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With the year's biggest online shopping day just around the corner, the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office is warning consumers to be wary of con artists trolling the Internet, looking to steal either your identity or credit card number or sell you counterfeit goods.

And given the tsunami of shoppers that hit last year, there will be plenty of opportunities to do so. ...